Kat Von D is a renowned American tattoo artist, musician, entrepreneur and model famous for creating complex designs. She was inclined towards art since an early age and dropped out of school at the age of 16 to pursue her dream of being a tattoo artist. During her initial days, she worked for various tattoo studios which helped her land a job at the renowned television series called ‘Miami Ink’ but had to exit the show due to some rift. Although she failed at her first show but her prolific creativity encouraged her to open her own tattoo studio called ‘High Voltage Tattoo’ at Hollywood. She turned the studio into a great success which helped her telecast her own TV series, ‘LA Ink’, which showed tattoo stories of various customers. She even published her first tattoo book titled ‘High Voltage Tattoo’ which turned out to be a best-seller. She became a well-known artist and inked various celebrities including ‘Green Day’ and ‘Sebastian Bach’. She has also established a reputation as an entrepreneur as she successfully runs a clothing line and a cosmetics line. She once held a ‘Guinness World Record’ for making the most number of tattoos in a period of 24 hours. We present some of her most famous quotations and sayings which have been scanned from her books, writings, work and thoughts. Go through these quotes and thoughts by Kat which reflect her wisdom about life.
What's truly important--and what I find myself forgetting and having to relearn--is that right here, right now, I am free. Free to be myself and to express myself.
Strength doesn't necessarily come from resisting fear, weakness, or any other feeling and overcoming it. Strength comes from looking at those things straight on--and accepting them as they really are.
To me, the haircut represented beauty and strength, that I was a woman who would live her life without the boundaries imposed upon her by other people.
